Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

AmyJo, that is normal....radiation not only zaps the tumors, but also your strength.  Hey, the Reds won today....bet it was cold in the stadium, but the fans all seemed to be having a really good time. 

Hi Party-Gals,

I was reading your stats on the D level, so I asked my doc to run one and he did. Says my Vit B-12 level is 511 which looks right in the middle of normal. My D3 is 38, it says suggests insufficiency. I love the words they use. Where do I find the best info on post BC D levels? Also, he did IgE test and it's abnormal High at 192, something to do with allergies I think? maybe. He ran Hepatic Function and it's all normal which is good, cause I was worried about kidney function.

Barb - that's a lot of supplements. Thanks, I know I have more energy when I take the B's. DH has been trying one called L'Arginine and I tried it and it was like lite speed. I don't like speed, but I was really focused and got a lot of stuff done. He takes DIM too.

SV - It's good to hear from you too. Glad you're home and fussing about the weather now. That's a bit improvement over running out of hospitals and finally getting treatment. What a living nightmare!!!  In retrospect, some ER person should be sued. Or fired. Glad you're OK.

AmyJo - So glad your treatments are over. Yep, you just have to rest. The fatigue did a number on me too. It was worse than the first 3 months tired of being pregnant. The best advice I could give is to stretch your arms several times a day and remember to stay hydrated. Also, nobody tells you that the treated side will shrink (some) once the redness starts to go away. My treated side is at least a cup size smaller than it was pre-BC. the other thing is to keep rubbing moisturizer on and massaging the scar space, it helps prevent scar tissue which is very uncomfortable.

Ginger- you should be coming to near the end of your rads too! Congratulations! same advice as above. Really - stretch and massage. And rest.

GOOD!! everybody likes baseball. I was a little league mom for years, the girls played softball too and they loved it. It's officially gnat (say Nat) (ie; no see ums) season when you have to do little league. OOOOOOO they are AWFUL. I would buy cigarettes to puff the smoke around me to keep the gnats off. Smelled like an ashtray but it's better than oil or smacking yourself in the face trying to shoo them off.   Ahh, the little league days. They were good ones.  Baseball will keep the party entertaining all summer. Yay.

I had an MRI today, for my neck. Cervical MRI. Thought about you, 3Jays, while in that MRI machine and I just closed my eyes and thought about all of you holding my hands and then it was over. Thanks!! 

Went to my first ever AA meeting last night too. Went to support DD#1 in her punishment from the court. She has to attend 3 times a week, Go to a Recovery Place 2 times a week and probation once a week AND a DUI court program twice a week. And work full time. With no car. She can't drive for a year and when she does, she is required to have the wheel-lock device that detects alcohol before car will crank, for 6 months AFTER the first year of no lisence at all. She's looking to move out of my mothers house and into a place of her own downtown where all the court stuff and her job is. She will be able to bike for everything except coming home (here). It was a BIG eye-opener to hear her say, Hi, I'm ME and I'm an alcoholic!! But she did the deed and now shes paying a big price. She needs me for rides, so in a way, it's bringing us closer together. Her sister went with her to a meeting tonight. I'm GLAD she will be moving away from Mom's. Most of you know that I'm not close to Mom. She's mean to me. How could anyone be mean to me? I'm a sweetie!!  Well, that's what DH calls me. heehee. 

Did I tell you I sold some art? I'm so excited about selling some pieces of jewelry. Actually was commissioned to create beaded dragonfly pins for my therapist. She gives them to patients that are hospitalized. Wish I knew how to post pics. Made some beautiful earrings for neice's 25th birthday. Joined Etsy, but haven't posted anything yet. It's kind of exciting, selling my work again. Maybe thats the door opening to my new normal. WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN??? It's been 4 years this summer. Wow.

Party on,

~Connie

AmyJo...just rest as your body tells you, I once heard that you'll feel the fatigue for the same amount of time that you got rads (e.g. if you had 6 weeks of rads, expect the fatgue to last about 6 weeks after you finish).

It is good to hear that Georgia is tough on drunk drivers, Wisconsin at times gets it and are toughening up here and there.

Connie....I hope DD learns from this and straightens up. Glad she is getting away from DM. maybe she has learned something.

Marybe....are your taxes done? Hope you get lots of $$$$ back. Glad you had a day off but not glad that the REDS won....I am a Brewer's fan!!

Alyson....tell us about the dental story.

gentle hugs

My DH is such a chicken that I had to go to the dentist with him. He broke a tooth a long time ago and has put off having anything done to it and of course now things are complicated as he has a heart valve replacement and is on blood thinners. He evidently managed to find some painkillers in my drawer when I wasn't around as he had tooth ache yesterday but didn't tell me until this morning. He has to be so careful about infection. It is so hard to believe that a  Director/CFO of an export company won't go to the dentist. Now he has to see an Oral Surgeon to get the thing fixed and he is on very strong antibiotics.I have been telling him for ages to get it seen to grrrr men. I don't enjoy going to the dentist but ours is wonderful and tries very hard to make sure it is not painful.

Anyway he is not allowed any alcohol until he has finished the antibs.

We are off out to 'The Last Night of the Proms' at a local High school. DD1 is doing the soprano part as she coaches the choir.  She has done it at some real concerts in the city. Not sure if the US sees this concert which is held in the Royal Albert Hall in London at the end of the Proms season. It is then done here at a later date by our local orchestra. We have our flags ready for tonight.

Must fly.

Hey Barbara A..................Thanks for the info, that makes me feel better..............Good Lord I would have sh-t my pants if I was anywhere near a tornado............Here in Pa. we get those damn "straight line winds", and I run for cover when I see them.......I can't imagine a tornado....just the word scares the hell out of me.......Where we live in Pa. (right outside of Philly) we are in kind of a valley, so most of the really bad stuff seems to either miss us, or we get the tail end.................however the snow this year was awful..........it was every week, and we even had some this morning............I did see what happened to you guys on the news up here........glad you escaped the bad stuff, but at least got your windows washed. haha. hugs to you

Barb, one of my most used sayings when I lived with DH was 'if men had to have babies'....they cannot cope with pain. BUT I have to admit to having the greatest sympathy with Alysons DH, because I am just the same with dentists ! I HAVE to go right now, and am having kittens, ducked out on an appointment today, will have to pay for that. Booked in again next week BUT I am pretty sure I will end up paying for another missed appointment ! I have to have a raging toothache before I am driven there with the pain !

I am having one after another hot flashes today, AND six and a half years into Arimidex. Sweat is running down thru' my hair and stinging my eyes.  I thought I had finished all this years ago, but see hot flashes are one of the delightful se's of Arimidex. Must admit to having quite a few of these 'flash' days whilst on Arimidex.The shower is my best friend today !

Isabella. 

My dentist's name is Dr. Miracle.  Really.  We had some friends in Michigan whose dentist was Dr. Toothaker.

Kathy

My husband's proctologist was Dr. Peckler. 

We had an orthodontist when I was growing up named Dr. Slaughter

My daughter had emergency surgery on Christmas Eve, at midnight, her surgeons name was Dr. Lord.

I once worked at a church where the were 3 priests named Dr. Christie, Fr. Norcross and Fr. Lord.

LOL! These should be in Reader's Digest! Love the picture at the top, Barb - those gals are definitely spirited and lively!

Ok Barb, which one of those ladies in the picture is your grandmother. ;-)

I have enjoyed not having to go anywhere, but will change on Monday. I have to do to the dentist and possibly the oral surgeon as I managed to break 3/4 of my tooth off last night.  Needless to say it really hurts.  So far the Advil and Oragel PM have been helping.  The whole right side of my face is swollen today so if it gets worse I will be calling the dentist at home to meet me in his office.  I swear if it is not one thing it is something else.  I hate this!!! Does anyone remember what normal was like?

Ok enough of my rant.  At least my skin is healing and is not so tender and sore now.  The weather here is cool and really windy.  We finally put the cushions from the outdoor patio furniture on the screened in porch so they won't wind up in the pond.

 Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.  Amy Jo

Big hugs Amyjo, at least you are doing something about it now, not leaving it as my DH did. I usually manage to break a tooth just before we are going on a trip - my teeth are not great  but somehow have managed to hang on to them.

We are off to get MiL soon, she is allowed out of hospital for a couple of hours and so she will be able to see Samuel.

Hope you all have a great day.